1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<!DOCTYPE sect2 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" 3 "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"> 4<!-- section history: 5 2007-10-09 j.h : no change needed for v2.4 6 2007-05-14 Added Spanish translation by AntI 7--> 8<sect2 id="gimp-edit-cut"> 9 <title>Cut</title> 10 11 <indexterm> 12 <primary>Layer</primary> 13 <secondary>Cut (/Paste)</secondary> 14 <tertiary>Cut layer content</tertiary> 15 </indexterm> 16 <indexterm> 17 <primary>Selection</primary> 18 <secondary>Cut selection content</secondary> 19 </indexterm> 20 <indexterm> 21 <primary>Cut</primary> 22 </indexterm> 23 24 <para> 25 The <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> command deletes the contents of the 26 image's selections, and saves them in a clipboard so that they can 27 later be pasted using the <quote>Paste</quote>, <quote>Paste 28 Into</quote>, or <quote>Paste As New</quote> commands. If there is no 29 selection, the entire current layer is cut. The areas whose contents 30 are cut are left transparent, if the layer has an alpha channel, or 31 filled with the layer's background color, otherwise. 32 </para> 33 <note> 34 <para> 35 The <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> command only works on the current 36 active layer. Any layers above or below the active layer are ignored. 37 </para> 38 </note> 39 40 <sect3> 41 <title>Activate the Command</title> 42 <itemizedlist> 43 <listitem> 44 <para> 45 You can access this command from the image menubar through 46 <menuchoice> 47 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> 48 <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> 49 </menuchoice>, 50 </para> 51 </listitem> 52 <listitem> 53 <para> 54 or by using the keyboard shortcut 55 <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>. 56 </para> 57 </listitem> 58 </itemizedlist> 59 </sect3> 60</sect2> 61